Career or Life Transition
We Can Do Hard!
For the last few weeks, I’ve been recovering from a fractured rib and costochondritis. I won’t lie, it has been a challenge. It felt like everything was hard. Breathing was hard, climbing stairs was hard, walking, coughing, laughing… all hard. However, life didn’t stop. The dog still needed to be walked, clients still needed my…
Read MoreLife Chapters: Retirement
Most of us spend years working hard as we move forward in our careers. We gain knowledge, skills, and experience that allow us to climb the ladder and ascend as we grow. At some point, each of us begins to dream about what it would be like to leave our corporate jobs or retire. The…
Read MoreLife is Fragile
A year ago my son-in-law came home from work and decided to mow the lawn. It was a routine chore, a way to release stress before settling in for the evening, it was also a choice that changed his life forever. As he mowed, he stirred up an underground yellow jacket hive. They attacked. Even…
Read MoreBlind Spots
When I was young, maybe seven or eight, a relative of my grandmother came to visit the family farm. She was a couple of years older than me and blind. Unfortunately, I can’t remember her name after all these years, but I remember the day often. She had a Braille watch and typewriter. I was…
Read MoreStacking Stones
When I’m out hiking I frequently come across stacks of stones. I don’t subscribe to the myth that they are created by Sasquatch as hunting tactics but I do find them intriguing. Across the world, there is evidence that stone stacking has been used for navigating land and sea long before we arrived. Often these…
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